The brand of movies
from Vyshakh have a big fan following and they are a money spinners at the box
office. But at the same time, the logic less masala films have a section not so
supportive of his genre of movies. Be it Pokkiriraja, Seniors, Mallu Singh or
Sound Thoma, they all did good business but received negative comments from a
section of the people, something that I will relate to the Rohit Shetty style
of movies in Bollywood.
Vishudhan, the latest movie from Vyshakh follow a different pattern and takes a
U turn from his earlier flicks. Instead of the usual masala film that offered
comedy and action in high doses, Vishudhan narrate a more serious subject with
less or no comedy at all. Humour and action takes a backseat and the director
focus his attention on a subject that is watchable as well as entertaining but
the entertainment that is offered is different from what we usually see in his
last four films.

STORY LINE

Father Sunny (Kunchacko
Boban) has arrived to a church as the new Priest, where Sister Sophie (Mia)
serves. For father Sunny, who has turned 30, it was just the beginning of
priesthood and he received a warm welcome from the place. Valiyaveettil
Vaavachan (Hareesh Peradi), who runs a Medical College and arguably the richest
person there befriended with Sunny. Valiyaveettil Vaavachan’s son (Krishna
Kumar) has the authority over the Medical College. Subsequently, we could see
some protests starting out in the medical college due to the scarcity of dead
bodies for medical students. But, the inhuman activity of Vaavachan to solve
the problem was understood by Fr. Sunny through Sister Sophia. Quite naturally,
the hostility sparked between them causes Fr. Sunny and Sophie to risk their
life. At the same time Anumol (Shalin) who is a member of the choir group and
is daughter of Kuzhimattom Jose (Nandu) expels a good piece of interest at
studies. With the help of Fr. Sunny, Anumol got a chance to study nursing in
Bangalore. But, things didn’t occur as per their wishes and Fr. Sunny’s life
takes a nosedive. The rest of the story revolves around Sunny and Sophie who
were crucified by the people there.

ANALYSIS

While concerning with
the story side, Vysakh has mainly focussed on the three faces of a person,
where we could see God, Devil and obviously human. The script writer has tried
to elaborate the story with some social relevance. But at parts, the social
relevant subject dealing didn’t come to the desired effect. Well, the real
story portrayed takes place among two characters – Fr. Sunny and Sister Sophie.
But in a way, we have seen many of the characters and even lookalike incidents
in a number of movies. Since the movie has a core story to tell, the audience
could feel of being glued to that particular subject only, rather than thinking
over unwanted piece of elements, which we have seen in many movies. Even
though there were some prejudices over whether the movie tickles any religious
sentiments, there was nothing in particular to create such a mood while
watching it.

The first half is
definitely good starting from the initial scene going into the flash back while
the latter half looses it's focus especially the beginning after post
intermission but things are recouped later on. Few cliched moments do occur
post intermission and we may get a feel of an ordinary revenge drama in the end
but still I feel this is not a bad movie and is definitely a one time watchable
movie if you are ok with a drama that offer nothing much to laugh. The character
of Father Sunny had different shades and transformation happen on quite a few
occasions. Kunchacko Boban has risen to that challenge and delivered a flawless
performance. Mia George as Sofi was also impressive well supported by Hareesh
Peradi as Vavachan. But i felt he had that hangover from the character he
portrayed in Left Right Left especially the way the dialogues were delivered.
Nandu was another actor who did a great job and this for me is his best one
along with the role in Spirit. Suraj had only a very brief role and he was
literally wasted. Krishnakumar, Vinod Kovoor and Sasikumar form rest of the
supporting casts.
On the technical side, camera work was good along with excellent background
score by Gopisundar. Two songs are there in the film and the one of them (Oru
Mezhuguthiriyuday) is a soft melodius number worth hearing a second time.
Overall, Vishudhan is a pretty watchable flick good for a one time viewing but
keep in mind that this is not the regular masala flick you see from the director.
So less importance for action, comedy and humor.